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When I started this blog, a little over a month ago, I had been creating tons of stuff to keep myself occupied. And since I had not been able find a job I decided to try to save money in any way I could.

Then I happened upon this tutorial and I thought, “We all need laundry soap!” Well, those of us who don’t like to be the “smelly kid”. {Admit it, we can all remember that one kid from our past who always smelled a little funny!} So I decided to give it a try… with my own twist of course.

Most homemade laundry soap recipes call for you to make a HUGE batch and slowly draw from it as you need it. Well, I have no place to store a huge batch, so I found a way to make smaller portions at at time!

Here is what you need:

1 cup Washing Soda

1 cup Borax

1 bar Laundry Soap, grated {Fels-Naptha, Zote, or Ivory all work}

1/4 cup Scented Laundry Crystals

Begin by grating your bar of soap with a cheese grater. I was concerned that this would ruin my grater… nope. It doesn’t! So grate away!

Then mix all other ingredients together in a bowl. And you are done!

Don’t be surprised if the ingredients separate a little bit in the jar. Just give it a good shake before you use it and you’ll be fine!

Now for the nitty gritty:

**You only need 1 tablespoon of this laundry soap per load! Of course, if the clothes are dirtier than normal you can use a little bit more.

**This makes enough soap for 32-64 loads depending on the amount soap you use in each load.

**This laundry soap does not produce any suds when you are doing laundry. Don’t worry! It will still get your clothes clean {plus super amazing smelling!}. Because of the no suds, it is good for High Efficiency washers.

Oh happy day! And this homemade laundry soap costs a fraction of store-bought laundry soap! Yes, you will have the upfront costs of getting all the stuff, but 1 box of Borax and Washing Soda will make you about 8 batches of this soap! Hooray!

Saving money and being crafty! Score! What homemade cleaning supplies have you guys tried? Any success? Want to pass any recipes on?

Talitha you are fantastic! I am glad that I am not the only one of my friends who does this! I make most of my cleaning supplies. White Vinegar is an amazing toilet bowl cleaner. For all other cleaning I use Norwex! love, love not having chemicals in my house, and being economically friendly.

I started making homemade laundry soap about a month and a half ago and I swear I don't know what took me so long to do this! It's amazing to watch how little goes in. I love that clean smell (I don't use the crystals) it gives. I need to get a cute jar like yours though. 🙂

I started making homemade laundry soap about a month ago and I don't know why it took me so long to switch! Saves money, works wonderful with my family that all have skin issues, and smells great! For the time it takes to grate the bar of soap, it's totally worth it!

I too have wanted to make my own laundry soap. I'm going to give your recipe a try. The other recipes were too large and looked a little too slimy for me. I make my own household cleaner using washing soda, borax, castile soap and either a few drops of tea tree oil or lavender depending on my mood and four cups of hot water (put in a spray bottle). When I make a batch i put the ingredients in babyfood jars then share with my sister and friends – they love it too!

I have been making & using this recipe for about 4 years, but without the crystals. i LOVE this recipe-my clothes come out so clean, and the best part is that it is so inexpensive! I make a big batch at a time-it fits in a 5 gallon ice cream bucket & I store it on top of my dryer. Of course, it's fun to use up the ice cream first!:)

I use a recipe very similar to this that makes a huge batch, it has all the ingredients listed above as well as baking soda and oxyclean. After i used it for the first time last night i noticed when i was done drying them my clothes has a very nasty smell to them… I talked to friends that use the exact recipe i do and that have well water like i do and they dont have any smell issues… Any ideas PLEASE HELP! I dont want this huge batch to go to waste! (It smells soo good in the container i store it in…)

You get them in the laundry isle. They make laundry smell wonderful. A bottle last a long time. Put a capful in your laundry as you add the other ingredients. I have a front loader. Buy at Walmart for best prices. My favorite is Purex brand. Least expensive too.

I love making my own laundry detergent. It cleans amazingly better than store brought. It’s easy, quick and fun to make too. My grandaughter who is only seven is having fun learning all the homemade cleaning items. She’s quite good at cleaning too and loves her chores.